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• as cool as a cucumber
  хладнокровный

  My friend Eric is as cool as a cucumber; he never gets upset.
• as crazy as a bedbug
  сумасшедший

  My old aunt Polly is as crazy as a bedbug.
• as crazy as a loon
  псих

  My next door neighbor, Miss Darling, is as crazy as a loon.
• as crooked as a dog's hind leg
  нечестный, бессовестный

  I dislike Jeremy Stuart; he turned out to be as crooked as a dog's hind leg.
• as dead as a dodo
  мёртвый (как вымершая птица дронт)

  A car hit a cat, and it was as dead as a dodo after the accident.
• as drunk as a skunk
  очень пьяный, "пьян в стельку"

  The bartender refused to sell Jonny any alcohol because he was as drunk as a skunk.
• as dry as a bone
  очень сухой, высохший; (сухой как кость)

  During the drought the land became as dry as a bone.
• as easy as ABC
  очень легко

  It is not difficult for most children to learn how to use a cell phone; actually it is as easy as ABC.
• as easy as apple pie
  очень легко \ лёгкий

  My History exam was as easy as apple pie.
• as easy as duck soup
  очень легко, без усилий

  Persuading my father to buy a new computer was as easy as duck soup.
• as far as
  насколько (я знаю, понимаю)

  As far as I know, the Morgans left the town long ago.
• as far as possible
  на сколько возможно

  "I'll do everything to rescue the girl; I'll go as far as possible".
• as fat as a pig
  жирный как свинья

  "If you go on eating as much as you do now, you'll be as fat as a pig."
• as flat as a pancake
  очень плоский (как блин)

  The early people believed that the Earth was as flat as a pancake.
• as free as a bird
  свободный как птица

  I am through with my exams, and now I am as free as a bird.
• as full/tight as a tick
  переполненный едой или питьём

  The man was as full as a tick after a large meal at supper.
• as gaudy as a butterfly
  слишком яркий (как бабочка)

  I don't quite like this dress; it's as gaudy as a butterfly.
• as gentle as a lamb
  нежный, ласковый

  Marion is as gentle as a lamb when she is with her baby daughter.
• as good as one's word
  быть верным своему слову

  Never give a promise which you are not able to keep; be as good as your word.
• as graceful as a swan
  грациозный как лебедь

  The ballet dancer was as graceful as a swan.
• as gruff as a bear
  грубый, неприветливый

  Oliver Schmidt is always as gruff as a bear, and most of his co-workers dislike him.
• as happy as a clam
  счастливый и довольный (как двустворчатый моллюск)

  The little boy was as happy as a clam when he was given a new bicycle.
• as happy as a lark
  очень счастливый, весёлый

  Maria looked as happy as a lark when she got engaged to Mark.
• as hard as nails
  физически сильный и здоровый (человек); грубый, жёсткий

  He is as hard as nails, and it is difficult to deal with him.
• as hoarse as a crow
  охрипший

  I had to talk very much that day and was as hoarse as a crow by the evening.
• as hungry as a bear
  голодный как волк

  I was as hungry as a bear that afternoon, and I told my mother that I could eat a horse.
• as innocent as a lamb
  невинный, наивный

  Sara is as innocent as a lamb; she still believes that all people are kind and generous.
• as long as
  если, при условии

  I can let you have my umbrella as long as you can promise not to lose it.
• as luck would have it
  случайно

  As luck would have it, I met Hillary outside the cafe. I hadn't seen her for ages..
• as mad as a hornet
  очень злой (как оса)

  My brother got as mad as a hornet when he learnt that I had lost his disks.
• as mad as a wet hen
  взбешённый

  Peter suspected that Joanna had deceived him and was as mad as a wet hen.
• as meek as a lamb
  послушный, кроткий как ягнёнок

  On the surface Kelly is as meek as a lamb, but I know that actually she is naughty and quarrelsome.
• as merry as a cricket
  весёлый (как сверчок)

  Laura is a sunny person; she is always as merry as a cricket.
• as naked as a jaybird
  голый, "в чём мать родила"

  Jeremy had a swim in the lake, and when he got out of the water he was as naked as a jaybird.
• as nervous as a cat
  очень нервный

  The woman was as nervous as a cat when she talked to the bank manager.